Mecynidis
Mecynidis is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. Originally placed with the tangle-web spiders, it was moved to the Linyphiidae in 1964.
Its species are found in Angola, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania:
Species
, this genus includes eight species:- Mecynidis antiqua Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
- Mecynidis ascia Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
- Mecynidis bitumida Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya
- Mecynidis dentipalpis Simon, 1894 – South Africa
- Mecynidis laevitarsis Miller, 1970 – Angola
- Mecynidis muthaiga Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya
- Mecynidis scutata Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
- Mecynidis spiralis Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania